Fatherland is a pleasant album. Beyond that I struggle to find any way to describe it and that’s an issue. Kele Okereke is a brilliant songwriter, and for me particularly Bloc Party’s Weekend in the City is an iconic album, one I first listened to at age 12 and revisit regularly to this day without […]
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Live Review: NME Awards Tour
It’s been a big last few months for the NME, a former torchbearer in the realm of independent music, representing all that is alternative and against the grain. However, following a big rebranding exercise back in September that saw the magazine be given away for free across the country, alongside some slightly controversial cover stars […]
Album Review: Bloc Party – Hymns
Bloc Party Hymns 29 January 2016; Infectious From the opening drum fill of debut single ‘She’s Hearing Voices’, you knew Bloc Party were something different. Melding elements of electronica and house music with the typical rock setup of guitar, bass and drums, they quickly won the approval of both critics and audiences, earning themselves the […]